In our November 2025 issue, The Atlantic revisited Washington and his associates, amassing a team of 24 journalists, historians, and critics to fill in the blank corners of American history and add ...

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Michael Pollan’s new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

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Barack Obama writes of being haunted by a father who had passed on nothing but his skin color, his imagined voice “untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval.” Fred Trump was ...

Last Thursday, the White House tried to get President Trump to focus on the economic concerns driving the midterm elections. Instead, he issued a 10-to-15-day ultimatum to Iran, claimed that his ...

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Nicholas Florko is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He covers how business and policy affect our well-being, with a focus on products that make us sick. Before joining The Atlantic in 2024, Nick was a ...